Aydan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AY-dan
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,473 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,852 for boys
Aydan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little fire”. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 1,852nd for boys in the US (85 babies).
What does Aydan mean?
Irish: spelling of Aidan; also a Turkish name
“little fire”
Is Aydan a girl's or a boy's name?
Aydan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the UK and 85 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aydan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,473among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Aydan, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,105th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 33 boys.
Half of all the boys named Aydan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 908 boys in the UK were given Aydan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #65, up from #1,473 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.
Aydan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,473 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,247 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,312 |
| 2021 | 33 | #993 |
| 2020 | 27 | #1,105 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,243 |
| 2017 | 29 | #1,092 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,309 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,476 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,406 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,489 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,206 |
| 2009 | 24 | #1,150 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,129 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,445 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,494 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,066 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Aydan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,852among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 85about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 85 boys in the US were named Aydan, making it the 1,852nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,335th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 454 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Aydan than any year since 2001.
Half of all the boys named Aydan in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 9,761 boys in the US were given Aydan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #16, up from #1,852 for this spelling alone.
Aydan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85 | #1,852 |
| 2024 | 106 | #1,608 |
| 2023 | 114 | #1,539 |
| 2022 | 149 | #1,284 |
| 2021 | 147 | #1,291 |
| 2020 | 134 | #1,335 |
| 2019 | 162 | #1,186 |
| 2018 | 142 | #1,291 |
| 2017 | 172 | #1,116 |
| 2016 | 203 | #1,006 |
| 2015 | 214 | #966 |
| 2014 | 239 | #898 |
| 2013 | 253 | #844 |
| 2012 | 337 | #705 |
| 2011 | 346 | #682 |
| 2010 | 380 | #636 |
| 2009 | 399 | #626 |
| 2008 | 454 | #570 |
| 2007 | 414 | #608 |
| 2006 | 429 | #577 |
| 2005 | 331 | #652 |
| 2004 | 306 | #666 |
| 2003 | 243 | #740 |
| 2002 | 123 | #1,152 |
| 2001 | 67 | #1,706 |
| 2000 | 56 | #1,871 |
| 1999 | 32 | #2,661 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,848 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
Names like Aydan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Ronan Caelan Rowan Kayden Conan Keegan Kian Brody Declan Callan Conlan
Other spellings of Aydan
Aiden Aidan Ayden Aydin Aodhan Aden Eiden Adan Eyden Adin Adon Eidan Eydan
Names related to Aydan
More Irish names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aydan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aydan, updated 20 October 2026.